and resembles a quill, or a portion of a tobacco-pipe. The animal 

 freąuently agitates this organ uith a quick tremulous motion. Both 

 the individuals are mild and gentie in their dispositions, but some- 

 what timid ; they are, ho\vever, famillar \vith their master, and run 

 to him vvhenever he enters the room in \vliich they are kept, and 

 about which they are allowed to ranpje dniing the day. Their food 

 is entirely vegetable; they are especially partial to nuts and almonds ; 

 they drink but little. They are extreniely cleanly, and take great 

 pains to keep their fur in order, in cleansing vvhich they mutually 

 assist each other. They leap occasionally in play to a considerable 

 height, and freąuently on springing from the ground to an elevation 

 of tvvo feet, descend on the spot from \vhich they rose. Their 

 voice is a short, rather sharp, plaintive pur. The individuals, niale 

 and female, show great attachment to each other. 



Mr. Vigors exhibited specimens of several species of birds, ap- 

 parently undescribed, from the Himalayan mountains. l'hese 

 formed part of a collection which Mr. John Gould, A. L. S., had 

 lately received from India, and of vvhich he intended to pubHsh 

 coloured illustratioiis, to the number of one hundred figures. Se- 

 verai of the jjlates, representing some of the most interesting of the 

 species, were laid upon the table. 



Mr. Vigors having called the attention of the Committee to the 



expedition with which these birds were made knowa to science — 



the specimens themselves not having been more than two months 



in England, \vhile representations of many of them were already 



within that short space of time brought before the public, — pro- 



ceeded to make some remarks upon the geographical distribution 



of the species. He particularly pointed out the identity of a large 



proportion of their forms ^itb those of Northern Europe; observing 



that the elevation of their native inountaius placed tliem on an equa- 



lity in point of climate with the birds of more northern latitudts. 



At the šame time he added that many of the forms peculiar to 



Southern Asia and the Indian Archipelago were found iutermingled 



with those of the northern regions. Among the forms similar to 



the European, he particularized three species of Jays, the t\vo first 



of which exhibited a striking affinily in their markings to our \vell- 



known British hird. They were named and characterized as foUoNvs : 



Gareulus lanceolatūs. Garr. vinaceo-badius ; ccpite sub- 



cristato, gula, jugulo, alisąue airis ; colio anteriori albo lanceo- 



lato ; pteromatibus remigibusųue cceruleo fasciatis, illis albo ter- 



minaiis ; caudd cceruled, nigro fasciatd, fascid latd apkali albo 



terminatd noiatd. 



Garrtjlus bispecularis. Garr. pallide badius, uropygio cris- 



sogue albis ; maculd latd postrictali, caudd, pteromatibus, remi- 



gibusque atris ; kis duabus coiruleo fasciatis. 



Garrulus striatus. Garr. pallide brunneus, subtus pallidior ; 



corporis supra sub'usgue plumis in medio albo longiiudinalitrr 



sti'iatis ; cristd verticali, remigiLus, reciricibusijve unicaloribus. 



This latter sjiecies was observed to deviate in geiieral colour and 



markings from the European species, althuugh according in form ; 



